Resources

Books recommended by professionals in the following LinkedIn groups: I-O Practitioners Network and SIOP – The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

I-O PSYCHOLOGY: (Leadership, HR, Assessment, Job Analysis, Ethics, etc.)

• Aamodt – Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach
• Arvey – Fairness in Selecting Employees
• Bass – The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications
• Brannick & Levine – Job Analysis
• Brannick, Levine, & Morgeson – Job and Work Analysis: Methods, Research & Applications for Human Resource Management
• Cascio & Aguinis – Applied Psychology in Human Resource Management
• Crocker & Algina – Introduction to Classical & Modern Test Theory
• Gatewood, Feild, & Barrick – Human Resource Selection
• Guion – Assessment, Measurement, and Prediction for Personnel Decisions
• Gutman, Koppes, & Vodanovich – EEO Law and Personnel Practices
• Landy & Conte – Work in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Lefkowitz – Ethics and Values in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
• McPhail – Alternative Validation Strategies: Developing New and Leveraging Existing Validity Evidence
• Muchinsky – Psychology Applied to Work
• Northouse – Leadership: Theory and Practice
• Sage Publications – Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology (Vol. 1 & 2)
• Schmitt & Chan – Personnel Selection: A Theoretical Approach
• Whetzel & Wheaton – Applied Measurement: Industrial Psychology in Human Resources Management
• Yukl – Leadership in Organizations

COACHING (BUSINESS/EXECUTIVE COACHING, COACHING PSYCHOLOGY):

Many of the books on this list came from a survey by Dr. David B. Peterson (while he was Senior VP at PDI Ninth House) asking leading experts on coaching for their recommendations.

• Cox, E., Bachkirova, T., & Clutterbuck, D. (Eds.). (2010). The complete handbook of coaching. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Hargrove, R. A. (1995). Masterful coaching: Extraordinary results by impacting people and the way they think and work together. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
• Hernez-Broome, G., & Boyce, L.A. (2011). Advancing executive coaching: Setting the course for successful leadership coaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Kilburg, R. R. (2000). Executive coaching: Developing managerial wisdom in a world of chaos. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Kilburg, R. R., & Diedrich, R. C. (Eds.). (2007). The wisdom of coaching: Essential papers in consulting psychology for a world of change. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• O’Neill, M. B. (2007). Executive coaching with backbone and heart: A systems approach to engaging leaders with their challenges (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Palmer, S., & Whybrow, A. (Eds.). (2007). Handbook of coaching psychology: A guide for practitioners. New York: Routledge.
• Passmore, J. (Ed.). (2010). Excellence in coaching: The industry guide (2nd ed.). London: Kogan Page.
• Peltier, B. (2010). The psychology of executive coaching: Theory and application (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
• *Peterson, D. B. (2010). Executive coaching: A critical review and recommendations for advancing the practice. In S. Zedeck (Ed.), APA handbook of industrial and organizational psychology: Vol. 2. Selecting and developing members of the organization (pp. 527-566). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Stout-Rostron, S. (2009). Business coaching international: Transforming individuals and organizations. London: Karnac.
• Whitworth, L., Kimsey-House, K., Kimsey-House, H., & Sandahl, P. (2007). Co-active coaching: New skills for coaching people toward success in work and life (2nd ed.). Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black.

*Peterson (2010) is a book chapter in the APA handbook of industrial and organizational psychology: Vol. 2. Selecting and developing members of the organization.